Hypochlorite composition



Patented Jan. 15 1924.

UNITED STATES FPATENT OFFICE.

RALPH E. GEG-ENHEIIIEB, -01? NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGENOB TO THE MATHIESON ALKA'LI WORKS, INC., OF GINIA.

No Drawing. Application filed July 12, 1922, Serial To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, RALPH E. GEGE'N- certain new and useful Improvements in Hypochlorite Compositions; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a-full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and improved hypochlorite composition of a stablecharacter adapted for use to give solutions of sodium hypochlorite of definite or predetermined strength. 1 p

The new composition of the present invention is made u of an intimate mixture of a solid stable calcium hypochlorite and sodium carbonate in reacting proportion such that, when added to water, the calcium hypochlorite and sodium carbonate will react to give a solution of sodium hypochlorite, with .precipitation of calcium carbonate. Such a solution may contain a small amount of free alkali, originally present in the calcium hypochlorite as free lime. The

presence of this free alkali. is not objection able for most purposes, such as general disinfecting in dairies and households, or for bleaching and, in fact, some alkalinity is desirable as an acid solution is unstable. I

The new composition may also be made such that it Will give a perfectly neutral solution, or one containing a definitesmall amount of free alkali. Where such aperfectly neutral solution is desired,'or one containing such a definite small amount of free alkali (e. g. for surgical use there is added to the mixture of the soli stable calcium hypochlorite and sodium carbonate another constituent or constituents such as solid (1 sodium bicarbonate, .boric acid etc. whiiil i will react with the free alkali and reduce the caustic alkalinity to the desired concentration. r

Solutions of sodium hypochlorate containing about 5 grams of available chlorine per liter came into very general use in surgery during the war period. The technique in the application of this solution called for the use of hypochlorite solutions of very exactly adjusted strength and. of definite alkalinity. Such solutions can be made by be compressed NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF VIR- nrrocntoarrr. courosrrxon.

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of the two capsules added to a fixed amount of water, difiioulty is experienced, owing to the. instability .of the bleaching powderand consequent decomposition in the sealed capsules prior to use.

The improved composition of the present invention is one of a stable character. The calcium hypochlorite used is a concentrated or substantially pure product in the form of a dry powder and relativel much more stable than bleaching pow er. Its stability, moreover, isnot affected by mixing -it with dry sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, boric acid, etc. Accordingly, the calciumhypochlorite and other constituents may beinixed in powdered form and in predetermined amounts, and by adding a definite amount of this mixture to a definite amount of water, a solution of definite stren 'th of sodium hypochlorite can be produced. The new composition can be provided and used in powdered form, or 1t may into tablets of definite and predetermined weight. The' powder or the tablets, etc. are of merely require dissolving in water, with settling out 7 carbonate formed in the reaction, where the ,precipitate is not desired in the solution to be used. Y

The 'stable calcium together hypochlorite product can be produced, for example, as described in the joint application of Taylor, Gam-' inaland Gegenheimerfserial No. 546,854, filed Mar. '25, 1922. The stable calcium hypochlorite .can be made, the followingsteps, namel of an aqueous solution of by ac orous acid, for example, by adding 0 orine to water containingground limestone or precipitated chalk in suspension; the removal ofhypoa stable character and of the precipitated calcium for example, by the reparation f acid with a suitable solvent, suc

tetrachloride containin without removal of calcium chloride, for

example, by extracting "the" h pochlorous ethyl alcohol; the reaction of the hypochlorous acid so extracted, with lime to form vcalcuim hypochlorous, for exam le, by treating' the solution of thehypoc lorite withan excess of hydrated, lime containing a small amount of water the extraction of the calcium hypochlorite with watervto form a concentrated aqueous extract; and-the evaporation of the aqueous solution to give the dr solid calcium hypochlorite. 7

{n makin the new composition the dry powdered ca cium dium carbonate an other constituents, if any, can be mixed in a powdered state and in predetermined proportions, for example, -in reacting proportions, or with an amount of bicarbonate or. boric acid to give a defii nite alkalinity to the solution when the composition is dissolved in water. Owing to the stable character of the ingredients and their definite composition, the mixture can be subdivided into unit amounts, that is, into tablets or capsules, etc. containing a definite amount of the composition which, when added to a definte amount of water, will give a solution of the desired strength. The new composition is available for use generally where solutions of sodium hypochlorite are desired and enables solutions to be produced ofa desired or predetermined strength. The composition can thus be used in making the so-called Dakin solutions, or for making solutions for other purposes,

certified that 4 Late gaming X16"? v 1924 n the a lication of al h egen en'ne'r V i e H upo pp Hypochliirite Compositionsfi errors appeatim; the print correction as follows:.

It is hereby for an improvement in specification requiring word hypochlorate read-hypochlom'te; hypochlorous read calcium hypochlorzte;

as carbon 2% by volume of hdypochlorite and the sosuch asldisinfection of milk cans or other receptacles, use in laundries, for textile bleaching, etc., as well as for medical and pharmaceutical purposes.

It will hus be seen that the present invention'provides a new and valuable product in powdered form or as pellets, etc. which is stable in character and enables definite and accurate amounts of a composition to be used and solutions of definteand predetermined strength to be readily produced.

I claim 1. A composition com rising stable calcium hypochlorite and so ium carbonate admixed 1n reacting proportions.

2. A composition comprising stable calcium hypochlorite and sodium carbonate admixed in reacting proportions, said composition 'beingin the form of pellets or tablets containing predetermined amounts of the ingredients, which, on addition to a predetermined amountofwater, will give a solution of predetermined strength of sodium hypochlorite.

3. A composition lcomprising stable calcium hypochlorite, sodium carbonate and an alkalinity reducing ingredient.

4. A composition comprising stable calcium hypochlorite, sodium carbonate and a small amount of sodium bicarbonate, said composition being adapted, when added to water, to give a solution of exact neutrality or adjusted alkalinity.

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